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Monday, September 24, 2007

Kicks, and scratches

Looks like Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe and the Yaw family are already in court. The Yaws claim they never did close a deal consenting to the use of their name at the new Sandy Boulevard eatery. In their defense, the Lindsay group claims that they were ready to sign a contract with the Yaw family, but were prevented from doing so when they could not find a place to park.

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The Yaw family has every right to sue if there is no agreement in place to use their name.

I was just at my barber's shop yesterday (which is across the street from the cafe) and asked them what they thought of the place since it opened 3 weeks ago. The patrons of the barber shop have told them:

- it's overpriced, and they've RAISED the prices on their hamburgers by $1.00 since they opened (!).

- The food *IS NOT* the Yaw's Top Notch menu, say many people "in the know" who remember Yaw's. Some have said it's little more than typical bar fare.

- The place has been busy (sometimes quite busy) since it opened; people tend to either really hate it or really like it. Some characterize it as a combination between a Red Robin and a Hard Rock Cafe.

- The management of the place played up the Yaw connection so much that many people are thinking the place is actually Yaw's "reincarnated" which it IS NOT. This is a big set-up for a letdown once people figure this out.

i find that maybe it is not exactly what yaws was but it makes me happy to go there. food is good, servers are very nice. i worked at yaws during the last years and the restaurant was lost because the family may not want to disclose.

According to an article on KGW.com, there was a signed agreement in place, but the Yaw's haven't received any money in the deal. Sounds to me like they signed a deal not knowing how popular the restaurant would be, and now are bitter they aren't getting a bigger piece of the Yaw's pie (pun intended).

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